half dozen

idiom

: six
a half dozen eggs

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Earlier this year, the 83-year-old folk rock legend joined TikTok just days before what was slated to be a ban of the app, posting a kind of career retrospective clip, followed by a half dozen other archival videos. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 27 Feb. 2025 The more immediate concern, according to research published in The Lancet, is how a half dozen people will handle living among each other in tight corridors. Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 5 Feb. 2025 Its small staff includes several translators who collectively speak more than a half dozen languages. Alexandra Alter, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025 Elizabeth Tapia performed her Crocodile role with agile jumps and pirouettes while a half dozen Fish dancers performed a frisky conga line behind her. Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for half dozen

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“Half dozen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20dozen. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.

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